Annagrazia Calabria (born 6 May 1982, in New York City) is an Italian politician. She is also an American citizen, daughter of the former Finance Director of

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, Luigi Calabria, and niece of the former International Head of M&A of

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, Carlo Calabria. Her mother, Cynthia Alfonsi, is the regional coordinator of the women's organisation of

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since the 1990s, and Annagrazia was attended in the party's miniclub in Rome.

Biography

After studying law at

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, she was an intern at

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law firm in

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. She has been Secretary of Scientific Committee of Italy-USA Foundation from 2008 to 2014. In 2001, at the age of 19, she ran for municipal councillor for the municipality of Rome, obtaining only 135 preference votes. She was a candidate in the 2008 general election on the

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list. Thanks to the election of

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in 2008, she took his place in the Parliament at the age of 26, becoming the youngest Italian MP.Corriere della Sera
30 aprile 2008 On 17 December 2010, she was appointed coordinator of

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, the youth branch of the

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18 dicembre 2010 In the parliamentary election of February 2013, she was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On 16 November 2013, with the dissolution of the PdL, she joined Forza Italia. On 24 March 2014, she became a member of the Presidential Committee of Forza Italia. In the 2018 parliamentary elections, she was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, in the uninominal college of Rome-Castel Giubileo, supported by the centre-right coalition. She became vice president of the Constitutional Affairs Commission. On 11 November 2018, she left the leadership of the youth movement of Forza Italia to Stefano Cavedagna.

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Italian Chamber of Deputies - Annagrazia Calabria

Italy-USA Foundation - Staff
{{DEFAULTSORT:Calabria, Annagrazia 1982 births American emigrants to Italy Living people Allen & Overy people Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli alumni The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians